How Egomaniacs Impact On Society

An egomaniac is a person who is obsessed with themselves. Many egomaniacs see themselves as the epitome of a person, a grand symbol of perfection. Egomaniacs believe that they can do anything, better than anyone, and get away with it. Levels of arrogance, superiority, and entitlement present itself within the actions of egomaniacal people. It was once thought that a person could not have “too much” self-esteem, that other persons would work up their esteem and the community as a whole would grow to become confident. Self-centered thinking pushed other people down and has a reverse effect rather than bringing everybody up. If people were not brought up to be special, only because they have a heartbeat, more egomaniacal people would likely use their gifts to aid the community.

Egomania can be introduced to a person at infancy.

Infants who do not know of other people’s needs, or do not know of other people, can begin to develop a pattern of self-centered thinking. A one-year-old child is expected to be more interested in themselves, but thinking that they are the center of the world for a lot longer could impact the child’s life in a negative way. As a child grows and develops, they begin to learn about empathy and other people’s feelings. If the empathetic connection between an individual and the world does not develop, the person can grow up to become an egomaniacal thinker. In order to prevent a person becoming an egomaniac, it important to expose them, at a young age, to the feelings and thinking of other people in order to develop

empathy.

Egomaniacal people aren’t always at fault for their way of thinking. Being an egomaniac can be a result of mental illness, such as addiction. Addiction changes the way the brain works, putting people suffering from addiction and their needs above anything else. Other mental illnesses can portray a person as egomaniacal, but they can’t express their empathy and compassion towards other people. According to the American Psychological Association, egomania is strongly associated with the narcissistic personality disorder; however, people with a small personality disorder can fluctuate from extreme egomania to extreme self-loathing.
“The Necklace” by Guy Maupassant showcases an ungrateful wife, who thinks that she needs to be better than everybody else. Madame Loisel believes she is entitled to a rich life in which people envy her and want to be her. Because this is not how her actual life is, she endures a great amount of self-loathing. Madame Loisel spends most of her husband’s well-earned money and borrows an expensive-looking necklace from a friend. She soon loses that necklace, buys a diamond replacement for the costume jewelry, then spends a decade working to pay off the necklace. While she works and lives in a dilapidated old shack, her sense of egomania begins to disappear. Madame Loisel learns the true value of hard work and the company of other people rather than luxury items.
Hush Little Baby is a commonly used song that is sung to young children, usually by their mothers or fathers. Quite unlike Barbie, which makes children feel bad about themselves, this song gives kids a sense of superiority. During the whole song, a mother sings to her baby about how it’s father will buy it anything it wants. “And if that mockingbird don’t sing, papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.” At the end of the song, the mother sings, “You’ll still be the sweetest little baby in town.” This appearingly innocent song, combined with other common lullabies, can give children a false feeling of dominance over other people over time. Songs like Hush Little Baby provide the wrong message; that the child being sung to is more special that everyone else. This only leads to harder feelings of depression later in life when that kid realizes that it is not, in fact, special. A child needs the proper amount of confidence boosting, but not so much that it becomes full of itself.
Egomania goes hand in hand with perfection. When a person thinks they are perfect, they are thinking in an egomaniacal way. A sense of no flaws leads to a person thinking the world revolves around them. In addition, a need for climbing in the social hierarchy can be an example of egomania. The need to be perfect and grow above anybody else is best represented in Madame Loisel. She went to the extreme to become the perfect person, where the world revolved around her. Egomania can best be prevented by exposing a person to the world, and the many humans being in it. There is only one race: the human race. No human is perfect. Egomania obsesses over perfection and self-loathing. If the world had a perfect person, they would not know it themselves. Humbleness is by far better than egomania. If all humans were humble, they could get closer to the obscure idea of perfection. Perfection is an idea lost in gender norms, appearance, prejudices, and personality traits. Perfection is simply an idea, it is not real.